Jörn "Joe" Menninger
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first heard May 2026
last heard 13 Aug
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In about two years.
Stock, Berlin-based, founder 2024.
On June 23rd, Stark raised 500 million euros in a Series C, co-led by Sequoia Capital and Peter T.
The Founders Fund.
The NATO Innovation Fund, Döpfner Capital, Project A, and Air Street Capital came alongside.
The valuation sits above 3.5 billion.
Let me put that in context.
DAC is approximately two years old.
Two years from founding to 3.5 billion euro valuation.
Total raised since founding, roughly 640 million Euros.
That is the fastest trajectory in DA startup history.
It kind of tickles memories for me of quick delivery, but this time they are pushed by macroeconomic and political forces.
They're making this market fast and large due to demand across Europe, especially from the governments.
The product is the virtuous loitering mutation strike drone with more than 130 kilometers of
Range and up to 90 minutes of flight, operating in a GPS-denied environment, meaning GPS signals are blocked.
In February 2026, Stark won a 269 million Euro Bundeswehr contract to equip the German armored brigade stationed in Lithuania.
More than 80% of the new capital goes to research.
Development and of course manufacturing.
The target thousands of systems every month.
This is actually Sequoia's first lead investment in a German-defenced startup.
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